The only cost the deal needs to absorb that's relevant is the interest, and even that is really just the delta between the actual interest paid and the tax savings on that interest on your federal return. 

That negotiation with cost participation, or their funding of the project should begin with them.    

Collin County seems to be over price, the same than Denton County, though you could find some deals there is always a challenge to find the right one.One thing to take in mind is the maintenance cost, Fort Worth has older houses that will cause issues on the maintenance, if you are looking low maintenance you will need to look a few and identify how you fell comfortable.

If you're expecting to lose $250 a month from the get go without calculating all the other costs associated with renting a unit, its going to be a big time loser.Remember, cash flow is always king!

This is hands down one of the best investments I've made in my own education (for contrast: my BS and doctorate cost me $250K, and for RE, apart from books, I recently spent $18K on a syndication coach and $5K on multifamily strategy with Christian & Cody) -- and her course was a fraction of these costs at only $2.5K (Soli: you should up your prices, you are worth it)!

Bought for $60k all in including the Reno Costs.

After renovations, refinancing enables you to pull out equity to cover costs and reinvest.

I will hold the mortgage, but we will split all costs, form an LLC, and be joint owners of the LLC.

We have 19 properties in a Colorado LLC and 19 properties in an Ohio LLC. We have a property manager in Colorado and another one in Ohio that give us pretty good annual reports. I believe we have approached 5 CPA's or...

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.